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House commerce committee reviews draft data-privacy bill, debates scope, enforcement and profiling rules
Summary
The Vermont House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development on May 13 reviewed draft 3.3 of S.71, a proposed data privacy law, hearing a detailed presentation from the Office of Legislative Council and debating conflict-of-law language, exemptions for health data, consumer rights, profiling impact assessments and Vermont‑specific enforcement provisions. No votes were taken; staff will prepare changes for the next draft.
The Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development on May 13 reviewed draft 3.3 of S.71, a proposed data privacy statute, receiving a line‑by‑line, color‑coded presentation from Rick Seagel of the Office of Legislative Council and debating several substantive changes that distinguish the draft from other states’ models.
Seagel told the panel the draft uses color highlights to show language drawn from other states and to mark Vermont‑specific text. “It’s draft 3.3 because the highlights have changed but the content didn’t change,” he said, explaining green marks language unique to Vermont while turquoise, gray and magenta identify Connecticut 2025, California and Colorado material respectively.
Committee members pressed the presenter on several recurring issues. One focal point was a conflict‑of‑law provision that would instruct courts to apply the law affording the greatest privacy protection where two statutes collide. Seagel illustrated the concern with a data‑broker example: if a data‑broker law (referred to as 211 in committee discussion) and…
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